My Crafting Space

Mojo 175 and Valentine's

2011-01-29T21:24:00.000-08:00

After months of having my scrapbook things packed I now have a scrap room again. And I even managed to feel well enough and have the energy to work on a project tonight. Woo Hoo! I decided to use the current Mojo Monday sketch and make a Valentine's card for my husband. I'm happy with how it turned out!

Another card

2010-07-26T20:51:00.000-07:00

The stamp is from Hampton Arts "Party Owls". The papers are from an S.E.I. paper pad, Happy Day.

Mojo 146

2010-07-10T20:43:00.000-07:00

The sketch:

All the paper's and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up. The flower stamp is from the Stampin' Up set Happy Moments (it was in this year's Sale-A-bration catalog.) The sentiment is a CTMH stamp.

Again, all Stampin' Up papers and ribbon. The flower stamp is from their Eastern Blooms set. The sentiment is CTMH.

Mojo Monday again

2010-07-02T21:36:00.000-07:00

Here's the Mojo Monday 145 sketch:

The paper is from the DCWV Flower Shower spring stack. The sentiment is Close To My Heart's TLC stamp set and the flower stamp is from Stampin' Up's Eastern Blooms set.

Mojo 143 and other cards

2010-06-17T18:41:00.001-07:00

I'm in the middle of a few hours of scrapping time. Woo Hoo. I am so slow! In 4 hours I have made 3 cards and scrapped one scrapbook LO-a single paged layout. The LO isn't even worthy of posting but here are three of my cards. The first is from Mojo Monday. The apple stamp is from Stampin Up and the paper is DCWV Sweet Stack.

For this next card I used the "Just Because Cards" cart for the Cricut. The paper is from last year's DCWV Summer Stack.

Another Mojo Monday Sketch

2010-06-09T22:33:00.000-07:00

I found a few minutes to scrapbook tonight and decided to try this week's Mojo Monday. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The stamp is from the Stampin Up Tart and Tangy set. The Happy Birthday is a clear stamp from a set I have-don't know what company. The cherry paper is DCWV Sweet Stack.

Mojo Monday 140

2010-05-25T22:51:00.000-07:00

I decided to participate in another Mojo Monday sketch. Here's the sketch:

And my card:

A couple more cards

2010-05-12T23:11:00.001-07:00

Here a couple more cards I made from sketches I found on the internet. The first one is from page maps. (If the link doesn't work, it's the page maps website, the May 2010 card sketches.)

I know I used a sketch for this one, but I honestly can't remember where I got it from.

Mojo Monday

2010-05-12T23:04:00.000-07:00

I decided to participate in this week's Mojo Monday. Here's my card:

Here's the sketch:

Baby Album

2010-05-05T21:34:00.000-07:00

Here's the album I made for Nichole's baby. I used DCWV Nana's Nursery paper stack. Most of the die cuts are from the New Arrival cart for the Cricut.

Diaper Cake

2010-05-05T21:33:00.000-07:00

I made this diaper cake for my "baby" sister's baby shower. It's only the third one I've made. Not too bad.

From Mojo Monday

2010-04-14T21:36:00.000-07:00

I love perusing the Mojo Monday blog. There are so many cute cards on it! I don't often actually follow a sketch but last week I came across this sketch and decided to try it.

The stamp is Stampendous H197 Snail Fluffles. The patterned papers are from the DCWV Flower Shower spring stack.

Baby Invites

2010-04-02T22:51:00.001-07:00

This is the invitation to my "baby" sister's baby shower. I used the Design Studio for the Cricut with the New Arrival cartridge.

Paper Flowers

2010-04-02T22:46:00.000-07:00

My mil is in the ICU. She can't have flowers so I made her a pot of paper flowers. This is my first attempt and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I used the George cartridge on the Cricut and the paper is from an old DCWV Spring Stack.

Misc Cards

2010-03-03T20:06:00.000-08:00

Europe Album

2010-02-22T18:28:00.000-08:00

I have been working on my album from our trip to Europe last summer. I am about half way done. By the time I'm finished, I will not want to look through the album anymore because I'll be sick of it. I went through the pictures while we were on our trip, then again when we came home. Then I went through them again-twice for each day-to pick out the ones I wanted for the album. I only have three days of pictures left to go through and print out. Everything else is printed. I'll start posting some of the layout's I'm doing for this album.

To make it simple, I chose a paper stack from K and Co.and purchased 5 or 6 of the pads. Between the sales and using coupons, I was able to stay within a reasonable price for the paper. Then I purchased some of the matching embellishments for this stack. I used the Happy Trails specialty paper stack. Click here for a picture of the paper stack I used.

By using the same papers and embellishments, I am able to streamline the album and save some time. Of course, it still takes me forever because I have to figure out the layouts for everything. Since I blogged the whole trip on my personal blog, and I'm just revising what I wrote and printing it out. I've set up the album so that each day has a minimum of a 2 page LO. Some days have 4 or 6 pages. It will be a thick album by the time I'm done.

Ok, I have only one layout on my computer so here it is. I'll share more as I take more pictures.

Christmas countdown calendar

2009-12-17T18:50:00.000-08:00

Two years ago (or maybe it was last year-I have a terrible memory for this kind of thing) I participated in a Christmas countdown calendar swap on the Cricut messageboards. 25 of us each got one number, made 25 of the same thing and ended up with 25 pieces for a calendar. I can't find the original thread on the message boards because it is too old.

I love our calendar and wanted to do one on my own. Who to give it to? I wanted it to go to someone I know would appreciate it. Now, I don't need accolades for my work but when I work on something this time consuming, I want to know the recipient isn't going to just toss it out next year. I gave this calendar to Ellie and Angel today.

Many of the pieces were directly inspired or copied from our own calendar so I will not say every piece is my own idea. I took pictures of a couple of my favorite pieces too.

I would love to make more of these. I love doing Christmas themes! So fun.

Christmas cards

2009-11-29T23:16:00.000-08:00

Here's a peek at a few of the Christmas cards I am making.

Pay It Forward Pictures

2009-11-20T22:20:00.000-08:00

On my regular blog I participated in a Pay it Forward. Since I have finally finished them and given them out, I can post a few pictures.

This is a box I made for holding cards and then I made cards to put in it. I love the colors on this box! The papers are from Stampin' Up and I used some to make boxes for holding my Cuttlebug folders after making this because I love it so much. The cards that follow the box are a few I made for the box. Most of them were inspired from other cards I have seen. I can't take direct credit for most of them because I usually peruse internet scrapbooking sites when I make cards. I think the cherry card was from the Pink Stampers blog.

This is a recipe box I made with some recipe cards in it. Although I really like this gift, I think it is a bit impractical. Who wants to pull out pretty recipe cards and make them a mess while cooking? Or am I the only one who gets my recipe cards messy?

Again, I like these papers and have some left over I plan to use to make something for myself. I needed a red, white and blue theme for the person I made this for but I didn't want it to look like a Fourth of July decoration.

Soccer LO

2009-06-16T20:00:00.001-07:00

I'm pretty happy with this LO.

Mother's Day Gift

2009-05-09T15:50:00.001-07:00

I made this exploding box for my mil for Mother's Day. The papers are from a Colorbok jewel pack of cardstock I bought quite awhile ago at Wal-mart. I made one similiar for my mom but I need to get pictures from some family members before I finish it. I'll post pictures later.

This is the top of the box:

From the side:

And opening the box:

It took me less than a half hour to make the box with my new Scor-pal. It took longer finding the pictures and getting them ready. LOL

This you tube video is where I got the sizes for this miniature box. I am working on some bigger boxes for other things.

Nate's Swap

2009-04-29T10:30:00.001-07:00

Several months ago, Nathan participated in a swap on the cricut message board that was for kids only. Everyone had a different month. The rules were 8x8 LO, one picture mat, a title and at least two elements. Here's what Nathan came up with. The dog in the hat was his idea.

Baby Hugs

2009-04-01T10:10:00.000-07:00

This is a page of Alex when she was about 1 1/2.

Inchies and Twinchies

2009-03-10T21:10:00.000-07:00

I'm doing an inchie and a twinchie swap. An inchie is basically a 1 inch square element for scrapbooking or card making using stamps, brads, die cuts, ribbon or anything that will fit. A twinchie is just 2 inches. They usually are made in threes.

I used the Stampin Up Perfect Princess set to make these:

The flourish and queen are embossed.

For these, I used some old CTMH stamps (D.O.T.S) I had in my collection:

Card SWAP

2009-03-05T16:01:00.001-08:00

Here are two cards I made for a card SWAP I'm doing.

I saw this paper at Jo-Ann's and fell in love. There is just something so sweet about it. I used the New Arrival cart for my Cricut for the baby/Sweet Pea cut out. The congatulations is a stamp I've had in my stash for quite awhile.

I have had this clown stamp for a long time-I'm thinking maybe 15 years. The label says it is a Stamp Oasis Bergsma stamp. I just used markers to color him in.

Birthday Lo

2009-02-08T16:41:00.000-08:00

This is a LO I did for a Swap I am hosting. I will be making the elements for the SWAP-obviously the pictures are mine. :-)

Hello

2009-02-08T16:32:00.000-08:00

I decided to set this up for sharing my paper crafting projects. I know I appreciate others sharing. Now, the trick is that I will need to find a better way to get my creations uploaded because taking pictures and uploading them doesn't always look good. I will continue to work on that but who knows when I'll have time. I don't mind any comments to help head me in the right direction.